My TVB Award Prediction

Best Actor - Ha Yu
Best Actress - Michelle Yim
Best Supporting Actor - That 'old guy' I voted for?
Best Supporting Actress - Fala Chen
Favorite TV Male Character - Raymond Lam
Favorite TV Female Character - Susanna Kwan
Most Improved Actor - That 'younger dude' I voted for?
Most Improved Actress - Tavia Yeung
Best Host - Super Trio Show
Best Series - Moonlight Resonance
Best Information Show - Super Trio Show

Predictions for TVB Awards 2008

Best Male Actors

• Raymond Lam (depends on the rating of 'The Four')
  
• Ha Yu (MR)
  
• Roger Kwok (DIE)
  
• Kevin Cheng (depends on the rating of 'Last One Standing')
• Bosco Wong (War of In-Laws II and The Seventh Day)
• Steven Ma (A Journey Called Life)
  

Best Female Actresses

• Tavia Yeung (MR)
• Louise Li aka LSK (MR)
  
• Linda Chung (MR & A Journey Called Life)
• Niki Chow (The Seventh Day)
• Myolie Wu (WOIL2)

Most Improved Actresses

• Natalie Tong (The Seventh Day)
• Selena Li (The Seventh Day)
  

Most Improved Actors

• ???

Best Series

• Moonlight Resonance (MR) - As much as I would like The Seventh Day to win this award as well, predictions call for MR to win since HOG won last time
  

Moonlight Resonance Finale

After two long months (beginning on July 28, 2008), the series has come to an end. It was a very, very good series indeed and it brought back many of my childhood memories from the 90s. *Spoilers**Spoilers* My predictions were bang on! Damn I'm good! The ending of Heart of Greed had left me with ??? and came to an end too abruptly I thought. The ending of Moonlight Resonance had a nice pace and didn't feel rushed or draggy (even though it was a 2 hour special). I didn't like the accident that killed Raymond (aka Alfred) so I'm really glad he and Linda ended up together. It makes sense because even though Bosco had a reason for giving up on Linda, their relationship is part of the past and Linda has already moved onto Raymond. He should have been aware of the consequences that could arise from his decision. Linda made the right decision to stick up for justice and say what she 'did' and 'didn't' see. In comparison to HOG, I think I like Linda's role in HOG a bit more than MR, I guess I pity her more in HOG and I feel that she had changed (matured) a lot from start to finish. As for Raymond, I think it is pretty much equal, I like him being a lawyer on one hand more than a baker but on the other I like his honesty and loyalty to Linda in MR (and the fact he doesn't die), he is the Moses of HOG. As for Bosco, I think it is pretty even too, I didn't like his attitude in HOG but I didn't like how he complicated things by getting too close to Linda when he had a girlfriend. It is hard to say when Kate decided to turn around or if she was ever truly on Michelle's side, but I think she realized after her mother saved her from that van. I always find these scenes funny, I mean the driver had seen the pedestrian from far aways and there are no other cars on the road so even if you can't brake in time can't you just switch lanes and divert around the pedestrian, I mean you do have a steering wheel. In any case I didn't really like her all that much in this series, but her decision in the end prevents me from hating her. I really liked Tavia in MR, she had a role as big as Linda's (if not slightly more) and she had a lot of crying scenes. Linda did too, but some of her crying scenes were pointless, but every tear of Tavia was very emotional. As you probably can guess, I like Tavia so much better in MR than in HOG, come to think of it, it seems like she was the Linda of HOG, I really pity her at times, she was abandoned by her parents and was teased about it by Sa Yee and Kate. On to Moses, the ill one, it was nice to see him mature and learn to stay away from gambling. He did the right thing when he chose to dump Kate (Ga Mei) but he was a little moved again at the hospital. It was obvious that Tavia had a crush on Moses, but I can't seem to figure out when Moses began falling for Tavia, they just seemed to have started at the last episode, though it was heart warming to see him live on and have kids with Tavia! I found Moses' role a bit annoying in HOG and I didn't like his image, so I would say that I prefer him in MR even though he did chose Kate, he realized that he made the wrong decision and had hurt the one who truly loved him. Another relationship that began in a blink of an eye was Chris Lai and Kate's relationship, hard to say whether there was true love between them or was everything just based on looks (I don't think Kate is incredibly HOT). Chris had a considerably smaller role in MR than in HOG so I like him better in HOG, he had a much more difficult role and position to play and he did it well. Fala's best role was in MR, major improvement in acting and speech. HOG was one of her first series and I can definitely see the improvement. As mentioned a month ago, she has moved up my list. I won't go too much detail about the 'older generation', some is obvious. Jo Bow (Ha Yu) was better in MR, though he made a mistake in the past, he is willing to admit it and make up for it. In HOG, he was idiotic at times and in MR, he was smart! Louise Li was awesome in both, but I liked her better in MR, because she didn't die. Susanna Kwan was evil in HOG so I didn't like her, and in MR, she was annoying (especially at the beginning) so I didn't like her too much either. I don't think she will have a chance this year at the awards. Michelle Yim had an evil role in MR, so obviously I liked her better in HOG! I think Ha Yu and Raymond have chances at winning best male actor/role (sorry Moses, but you got it last year :D) and Tavia may end up in the final five for best female actress/role. Linda may be nominated for best female actress for her roles in MR and A Journey Called Life. Fala may/will get most improved actress.

I found the special show put on before the ending really entertaining. For example, when Sa Yee's husband expressed criticism to Raymond's song "letting out the dogs" (Fong Gou) ('dog' [gou] sounds like 'regret' and 'letting go' [fong] was emphasized multiple times in the song). Another was the debate, "Who should Linda choose?" They threw in facts about their personal 'real' life as points, Raymond being rich (I've read that his father is like the "Lee Ka Sing" of Guang Dong or something), Bosco having a girl friend Myolie (rumoured girlfriend) and a evil mother Lisa Wong (from War of In-Laws), and the fact that going out with Ray will result in an 'underground relationship'. BTW, I was able to guess those "golden sentences" before that man did :D I should have been up there!

Now for my rating of the series as a whole...what should I give it...I most definitely gets into my top 5. It does top Life Art, War of In-Laws I & II, Step into the past, but does it surpass The Seventh Day? It is a hard decision to name a series the top of the top, it took me a while to give The Seventh Day that title. I feel like I'm comparing apples to oranges. TSD was calm and relaxing but attention was put on every single detail, there was a lot of pondering and reflecting (as you may have readin my blog). In contrast, MR was exploded with events so it was very engaging, but since so many things happen there was too much to focus specifically on one thing. Out of 5, I would give it a 4.75, so I will tie the two series simply because they were both very very good. The criticism, being too much going on in one and not enough going on in the other...I'm still waiting for that perfect series! As there is no such thing as Utopia, is there a such thing as a perfect series?

Lastly I would like to say thank you to Waiteng and Voteforme (and others) from D-addicts for giving an opportunity to those who do not reside in HK to watch such a wonderful series.

Fala Chen, Kate Tsui, and Elaine Yiu

These are three female actresses that I didn't have very strong feelings about but their recent performances have made me change the way I look at them...All images from http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/Fala's first role was in Heart of Greed, though she was Miss Chinese International First Runner Up after Leanne Li, she isn't pretty in HOG and the young and youthful character didn't suit her. Her Cantonese speaking skills were annoying and an 18 year old girl raised in HK should be able to speak Cantonese fluently. However, my views towards her are beginning to change after watching Moonlight Resonance. Perhaps part of is because of her disability as she is mute that scores her some brownie points, but the "O.L." look suits her better and she looks good in her outfits. The sexy type look doesn't suit her very well in the photo or in Family Link. Her Cantonese has also improved significantly in the last year.Kate was okay in La Femme Despardo, it was her first major role in a series, but Kate's performance and costume fitting in Brink of Law was out of place (Bernice and Shirley stole the spotlight) and though she was 'okay' in Price of Greed, I didn't like her role. I just like to question her looks as former Ms. HK, Mandy Cho is one of the prettiest in recent memory. After Speech of Silence, my view's towards her are changing, partly due to the brownie points associated with a character who is hard of hearing and later deaf but also because of the chemistry between her and Kenneth Ma. The long hair let down suited her way better cause I'm more fond of long haired girls, I like the naturalness of it :D . Her role reminds me of my good high school friend who is also hard of hearing, despite her disability, she excels in both academics and music and she was featured on TV. Kate's role in MR is supposed to be evilish but has yet to appear so I'm not sure if that will bring her back down to where she was at. Elaine's character in Revolving Doors of Vengeance was evil and annoying and in Safe Guards her acting and crying was unnatural and annoying. However, her roles in The Seventh Day and somewhat Speech of Silence have changed her image. Her acting has improved, it is more natural and the fact that she is getting positive roles definitely helps. Though she is not 'hot', she is a good supporting actress none the less. The role you play definitely affects your likeability and can be put up to par with acting skills and looks.

TVB all day long...

We have this incredible prediction of the Brink of Law. I'm also watching "Journey of Life" with steven, linda, and fala chen. It kind of reminds me of Life Art. Very full of virtues and similar in the development of relationships in a way. And you know how much I loved Life Art. Do you like Fala Chen as an actress? Honestly, I'm only so-so about her. She was like second runner up in the pageant, but I don't think she is particularly pretty and I guess you wouldn't know this but she can't speak cantonese properly and has this weird accent. She may be originally mandarin. Bernice has an english accent too, but it is less irritating than Fala's accent. Her acting is only so-so too, she tries to do too much and seems fake. However, the casting of fala is really good, because she plays a "I think I'm really hot, but I'm really just pretty" role. Linda's acting in the beginning is honestly, you will love or hate (kind of like moses' in HOG and jessica's portrayl of a gambler in Dicey Business). I think it was a nice attempt on her part, but perhaps she is a pageant winner and I find it hard to picture her with such non-lady manners. I'm about 3/4 done the series and she becomes somewhat more lady-like and more acceptable. Steven seems to have come back to TVB after disappearing for a few years, and he is in both Brink of Law and Journey of Life. He does have really good acting skills and is easy to cast as a professional and not. After I finish Journey of Life, I want to watch the "Most beautiful 7th day" and then "War of in-laws II" (and then maybe "survivor's law II"). Actually, I may try to watch Forensic Heroes II as well.

A Journey called Life is something different, it stands apart from other series. Most series are only either only go up to the wedding or some begin as a wed couple, but not this one! Rather than just focusing on a time span of a year or so, this series covers several years of a life time in only 20 episodes (so the story moves quite quickly). Many things happen, relationships develop, break, and repair very quickly. So I highly recommended this one. I'm on the second last episode...